#5AA3BC#5AA3BC

#5AA3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.082 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3BC
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -15.80, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 25.40, 231.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0602 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.082 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3873, 31.9966, 52.3526)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3BC #BC735A

analogous

#5ABCA4 #5AA3BC #5A72BC

triadic

#5AA3BC #BC5AA3 #A3BC5A

tetradic

#5AA3BC #A45ABC #BC735A #72BC5A

square

#5AA3BC #A45ABC #BC735A #72BC5A

split-complementary

#5AA3BC #BC5A72 #BCA45A

monochromatic

#2D5E6F #3F839A #5AA3BC #86BBCE #B1D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#5AA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#5AA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3BC

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3BC	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.082 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbed0',
    500: '#5aa3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3bc;
$custom-light: #8fbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67764,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3BC

secondary

#CEAFA4

accent

#7556D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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